Special Education Teachers

First Line’s Vision Of Teaching Excellence: We develop teachers at First Line by focusing on excellence in teaching. To do so, we coach teachers and center professional development on our Vision of Excellence in Teaching rubric. The components include:

• On Task (Maintaining high expectations and maximizing instructional time)
• Essential Content (Planning effectively)
• Cognitive Engagement (Maintaining High Academic Expectations and Building Thinking Skills)
• Demonstration of Learning (Leading Instruction, Checking for Understanding, Responding to Student Misunderstanding)
• Community of Learners (Establishing Expectations and Responding to Student Behaviors)

Position Summary: First Line Schools is currently seeking talented, passionate teachers at our (Pre) K-8 schools. At First Line Schools, we know that it is the effectiveness of our teachers that matters the most when it comes to impacting the success of our students. To ensure that we are an organization of excellent teachers, we expect our teachers to demonstrate effectiveness through our Vision of Teaching Excellence.

Teachers will be responsible for implementing the teaching curriculum, ensuring the success of our students, and working with a team of teachers within the school and network community.

Position Responsibilities:

• Designs lessons that lead to standards mastery and are aligned to grade level expectations and end-of-year assessments
• Provides feedback to scholars by asking pertinent, scaffolded follow-up questions that affirm correctly understood content, clarify misunderstood content or extend scholars’ thinking
• Establish effective classroom routines and manage students effectively without disruptions (redirect inappropriate behavior)
• Inspires and invests students in achieving their goals and in believing that goals are achieved through effort and not innate abilities
• Prepares scholars to solve complex problems with no obvious answer
• Seeks out and constructively responds to feedback from and engages in problem-solving with others

Education & Experience:

• 2 or more years of lead teaching (as the teacher of record), preferred
• Demonstrated success working with students in an urban, open admissions school, preferred
• A BA or BS
• A strong background in and command of content area

Desired Qualities & Characteristics:

• Believe in every student’s ability to achieve in a rigorous college or career prep curriculum
• Achieve results based on agreed-upon expectations
• Take personal responsibility
• Highly detail-oriented
• Collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders
• Share a commitment to creating great schools in New Orleans
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Model the First Line Commitments:

• We are Helpful
• We are the Safe Keepers of our Community
• We Share Joy
• We Show Results

Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to sit, walk, stand, talk, and hear. Light lifting of equipment may be required (up to 20 lbs.)

TEACHER reports to:
School Principal/Assistant Principal

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. First Line Schools offers a comprehensive benefits package with a generous 403b plan.

First Line Schools provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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